Parlor-game table



(No Model.)

J. A. STANDEN.

PARLOR GAME TABLE.

No. 512,337. Patented Jan '9, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JABE'Z A. STANDEN, OF LORAIN, OHIO.

PARLOR-GAM E TAB LE.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,337, dated January 9, 1894..

Application filed January 3,1893. Serial No. 457,101. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ,JABEZ A. STANDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lorain, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parlor Game Tables and Stands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to improvements in parlor game tables and stands, and

- the object of the invention is to provide an attractive convertible structure which can be opened to form a table for parlor billiards, or the like, and folded to form a stand.

The invention, therefore, consists in a household billiard table having the construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table opened and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view with the frame extended or drawn out, as in Fig. 1,but with the outer wing or section of the table in a raised position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the parts closed and forming a stand. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view substantially on line m, as, Fig. 1, showing the internal construction of the trip mechanism therein. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the two operating parts of said mechanism detached.

In carrying out my invention I keep in view the twofold object of a parlor game table and parlor stand, and convertibility from one form to another, so as to have practically.

as complete and perfect an article of furniture in either form as it would be if the element of convertibility were absent. Thus, I have a main frame made of two sections A and B, each provided with two legs and 'extensible one within the other, but arranged to stop so as to leave a firm base for the table proper. The sides 6 may be drawn out or pushed back in the sides a, and the section A 1 has rigid with and forming a part thereof, the fixed half or section of the game table. This stationary section 0 projects beyond the end of the sides a as seen clearly in Fig. 2,

so as to permit the frame B to pass beneath it and leave an overlapping or projecting edge to complete the stand when said parts are pushed together, as in Fig. 3.

The section D of the table is hinged to section 0, so as to form a close joint between them when open, and said section rests on frame 13, as seen in Fig. 1. The inside of this section has a cushion corresponding to the top side of section 0, and when the table is open the cushion d extends all around as in an ordinary billiard table. Both sections are cloth covered and cushioned alike, and

the surface at the joint is smooth and even. The outside or top of section D isfashioned like an ordinary stand top, and fits upon section 0 when closed, as seen in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 4 we have an enlarged view of the trip mechanism shown at each end of the table and entering into the game as a necessary part thereof. In the game three balls are played, and the play goes from the single initial ball 1, to either of the secondary balls 2, and then to cushion and to any one of the contacts 4, or directly from a secondary ball to a contact point, as may be found best. These contacts or projections extend inward through and beyond the cushion about, as shown, and are held in a recess or chamber in frame behind the same, as seen in Fig. 4. This contact piece has a notch 5 in its edge for the passage of the display card plate or piece 6, Which stands at right angles to the part 4 and likewise is held in a suitable recess in the said frame. This part 6 has a notch 7 to match the part 4, and in operation one or the other notch is always in engagement with the opposite part. Behind contact piece 4 is a spring 8 to press it forward, and a stop 9 limits the forward movement. Below plate or piece 6 also is a spring 10 to press said part upward, and a stop 11 limits its movement. A counter-Weight might be employed with part 6 to raise it,but a spring serves an excellent purpose. Now, when a ball-strikes contact 4 it is carried back so as to allow plate 6 to shoot up and report the shot. When up, said part 6 lies in notch 5. The player then presses part 6 down so as to the said part down by engaging notch 7 therein with the contact piece 4. Then the parts are ready for another play. Any suitable character may be placed on the part 6 to denote points in the game, or said part may itself take on a fanciful character, as 5 the figure of some object, or the like.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The game table herein described having a cushion about its edge formed with recesses [0 inside thereof, in combination with the projection 4 extendingthrough a hole in the edge of said cushion and having a head in said recess with a notch5 in its side and the spring 8 behind said projection, and the part 6 at right angles to projection 4 provided with a notch 7 in its edge to match notch 5 and a spring 10 beneath said part, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand to the foregoing specification.

JABEZ A. S'IANDEN. Witnesses:

GEO. D. WINTERS, F. G. SNOW. 

